Ode to the clean gaze of architectural lighting in the Rossano Ferretti Hairspa project by FLOS. The salon itself, designed by project architect Anarchitect, has a bold, masculin tone, rich in deep wood varnished finishes and marquina marble display cases. At first glance, the theme appears like a sober library, the manicure stations like a setting in a traditional jewelry trade parlor, and upon further inspection this mixture of initial elements all comes together with the clean discretion of well integrated lighting elements, defining and illuminating the true beauty and intention of the space with straight lines, cylindrical drops and circular forms of recessed grace.

SORS. has the pleasure to formally announce our partnership with the silvio mondino studio. The designer has created two pieces with unique silvered finishes exclusively for the SORS gallery, a special blackened brass mickey floor lamp and a silvered brass version of the nuvolo 5 suspension with a platform design that is a one-of-a-kind gallery offering.

The sculptural light pieces created by the Italian design engineer and studio head Silvio Mondino are nothing short of an odyssey of light. Under the moniker of his own name, the SilvioMondinoStudio, the designer reveals the Chemistry Collection - a series of wonderfully futuristic and unique design pieces that exude both progressive ingenuity and sophisticated design aesthetic.

SILVIO's designs are a trip and a wonder. Insanely modern, the works take on retro mid-century italian with an unchallenged angle, well thought out, produced and assembled by hand in studio, totally progressive, at times curious, and always stunning. These objects of artistic light easily place like a subtle star, shining through the convention of familiarity within the atmosphere. These special pieces of the collection can be viewed by appointment at the sors gallery in paris.

T-Double Silver Table Lamp by SIlvioMondinoStudio for Galerie SORS.

Select exclusive edition pieces from the silvio mondino collection will be on display the gallery SORS during Paris design week this september 6th to 15th 2018.

]]>Swiss tiles from SORS.//Les carreaux suisse de SORS.Jan Kath Exhibition at the SORS. gallery in Paris//Exposition Jan Kath à la galerie SORS. à ParisSORS annonceSORS editorial//La rédaction SORSThu, 12 Apr 2018 14:04:07 +0000https://sorsparis.com/sors-blog/2018/4/12/su02r67hdjn38b04aidezv20kydz8t5267c9bfe4b01993102f71a2:5520e148e4b0c19f8940ab9c:5acf675daa4a99ae7b948155On the 5th of April 2018 in Paris, the gallery SORS opend its doors to the wekk nown rug designer Jan Kath. Born in Bochum, Germany, the designer was destined from an early age to take over the family business of his father, an Oriental rug dealer. It is there, on the other side of the world where the designer escapes and feels most at home.//Le 5 avril 2018, à Paris, la galerie SORS a accueilli le célèbre designer Jan Kath. Né à Bochum en Allemagne, et destiné à reprendre l’affaire familiale de son père, vendeur de tapis d‘Orient, c’est à l’autre bout du monde qu’il décide de s’échapper là où il s’y sent le mieux.

Seduced by its colors and landscapes, it is in Nepal where he made the decision to build his own carpet industry and gain the desired control of the quality of his productions, and thus, has become the most influential and recognized designer in the whole world.//Séduit par ses couleurs et ses paysages, c’est au Népal, là où il a été engagé en tant que contrôleur de qualité qu’il a pris la décision de construire sa propre industrie de tapis, et ainsi devenir le designer le plus influent et reconnus dans le monde entier.

Open through April 20th, the exhibition titled The Antiques of Tomorrow continues to take us on travels in his universe with his unique models and changing scenes, where fantasy and mystery mingle. //Ouverte jusqu’au 20 avril 2018 l’exposition Jan Kath continue de nous faire voyager dans son univers avec ses modèles uniques où se mêlent fantaisie et mystère.

Rug art by Jan Kath, coffee table by Privatiselectionem

In addition to offering you a private experience with an exceptional collection, the SORS Gallery also exhibits exclusive creations by artists such as Privatiseletionem and Studio Silvio Mondino, which can be made to measure, with the possibility of Make an appointment with the founder of the gallery Rebecca Carlén who will present her universe as well as other exceptional pieces to discuss a potential decision.//Outre le fait de vous offrir une expérience privée avec une collection d’exception, la galerie SORS expose également d’autres créations uniques d’artistes tel que Privatiseletionem et Studio Silvio Mondino, pouvant être faits sur-mesure, avec la possibilité de prendre un rendez-vous avec la fondatrice de la galerie Rebecca Carlén qui vous présentera son univers ainsi que d’autres pièces exceptionnelles afin de discuter d’une potentielle décision.

Take me there. A chic warm place to rest upon in comfort with delight. A place to experience those rare creations of character that add strength to artful collections of future centric furniture. Unique furniture designs that both look and feel good this sublime are not every day finds.

Introducing a sneak preview of our forthcoming SOFT collection designed by Privatiselectionem.

#Everythingisbetterwhenweallworktogther

So thank you for an amazing #2017. The first month of the new year is now over, and we are back to the creative grind. To all of our clients, friends and followers... we are looking so forward to an even more sensational #2018 - are you with us?

SORS is proud to announce that the MMXVI CS series of handcrafted console tables has been selected by Philippe Model as part of his featured product selection for Maison&Objet and More.

MMXVI CS1 console table SORS Privatiselectionem, 2016

Comprised of two contrasting levels reaching upward like urban architecture into the sky, the MMXVI CS series is a collection of modern console tables of understated beauty, and a sleek complement to contemporary decor themes.

Created by the architects Privatiselectionem, the bold structure and unique character of the three-piece collection has been recognized by French personal stylist, decorative artist, and product designer Philippe Model. Creator of fashion accessories and shoes, Model has contributed his refined style to the field of interior decoration by opening his own space in Paris dedicated to home décor and furnishings.

The MMXVI CS collection is available through SORS, the exclusive partner of Privatiselectionem. Select collection pieces by the design group SORS Privatiselectionem can be viewed in person at the Galerie SORS, which opened this fall in the Paris furniture gallery district near Rue du Bac at 92, rue de Varenne, Paris 07.

During September's Paris Design Week 2017 events, SORS had the pleasure to introduce the European furniture design market to the KONEKT collection by American designer Helena Sultan. Three new versions of the designer's instant icon, Thing Stools, and her hand sculpted steel and brass Dionis Table were on display at the new Galerie SORS. showroom space in Paris, where they will remain available to view by appointment.

There is a subtle yet sudden recognition of a refined youthful play and softness of line that runs through the beautifully hand sculpted collection. In fact, we love this collection and the endless ways that the gentle opulence of the pieces celebrate hand molded curves and fine attention to craft detail; each piece incorporates an opposing design force, functioning as a visual accent to both modern and traditional design themes.

The juxtaposed styling created by the materials in pieces like the Thing Stools, composed of soft cotton velour, opulent polished brass rings and course horse hair weft, combine to create quality pieces of unique design that introduce a thought provoking and diverse aesthetic.

Traditionally matched materials such as marble and polished brass also figure into the collection, as seen in the design of the Petra low table, with its oval shaped stone slab table top with rounded and elegantly tapered moulded brass legs.

For additional information and European, Middle East or Asian delivery of the entire Konekt collection, please contact SORS at info@sorsparis.com for details or to schedule an appointment to visit the Paris gallery.

CECI N'EST PAS... UNE LAMPE QUI DÉFI LES CONVENTIONS

After 18 months of full-time engineering, Russian-Italian Designer Ilia Potemine finally introduced his new genius invention: the ISP Lamp. Having no switches and no bulbs, this lamp brings mystical reality into any interior just by one simple slide of your hand.

Inspired by aircraft and machinery, Potemine has pushed lighting to the extremes like no one before. Designed in conscious opposition to the standard artefacts of our time, Potemine’s lamp is more like a beautiful torch, like the baton passed between the runners in a race that counts only the enlightened and initiated among its participants.

Potemine uses mechanics, machined, electrical contacts and LED’s to create the lamp that reminds us of airplanes. He even covers it with a brass hood that is just like a fuselage. No dimmers, no transformers, no switches, pure beauty and genius. A simple method of lighting and extinguishing the lamp just by removing its brass sheath allowed Potemine to bring everyone` science fiction dream to life.

ISP lamp is not only about design: it has its own mythology. This lamp creates its own minimalistic interpretation of the injunction to `Let there be light '. It is light itself. The combination of genius mechanics and extraordinary design in brass and white or black marble creates not only a new dimension in lighting design but also a unique lighting experience.

I was a sixteen year old California girl when I discovered it: La Dolce Vita. Marcello Mastroianni clad in a black pencil suit standing knee deep in water with a bottle blonde and buxom Sofia Loren, or lay on a sandy beach and partying on his knees fully suited up in white, finished off with a black dress shirt and notable ascot - not a care in the world, only an effortless sensation and well tailored since of style.

And there was the Alfa Romeo Spider, the classic Italian convertible often seen on the highways and the coasts surrounding my childhood in southern California, and there was Princess Grace, and James Dean - American icons of a borrowed style whom both met tragic ends while living a life that seemed scripted right from a scene along the Amalfi cost in a Frederico Fellini film.

The cinema, the fashion, the silk chiffon scarfs tied over a beautiful woman's coiffure as she drives like the independent maven that she is, black sunglasses and a tailored dress in her little Italian convertible - oh yes, the automobiles...

Model of an Alfa Romeo Spider Duetto 1600, photo: Rich Sufficool

And of course there are the settings, the interior scenes featuring now legendary designs from masters like Venetian architect Carlo Scarpa and the unforgettable Gabriella Crespi.

Gabriella Crespi - Italian architect and agent of style

The mastery of the inlay of metals such as brass, the daring angles and modular features that create surprisingly functional furniture design, and the soft contrasts of oval and angular lines that mix visual splendor with comfort.

Olivetti Showroom designed by Carlo Scarpa in Venice

True, some may dismiss it all as cliche, but I will always feel a nostalgic tug of the heart for the original modern "good life", and a special appreciation for contemporary designs that take my imagination on a trip to reminisce. But the good life does indeed continue today, with so many inspiring Italian style masters continuing with the tradition of defining themselves as both creators and keepers of style.

Architects Lazzarini & Pickering are a perfect example. In recent years they've created a collection for Marta Sala Editions, and it is a clear icon of the subtle intricacies of Italian design. Featured above: The Renoir Collection, Featured below: The Lavinia Exagonal armchair and ottoman foot rest from the 2nd collection from the MSE project.

News broke last week of the astonishing $110.5 million sale of the Brooklyn born artist Jean-Michel Basquiat's "Untitled", 1982 painting of a skull at Sotheby's auction. The sale places the value of the artist's works on the level of Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon, and jettison's him to the position of the most highly valued American artist in history.

The Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa in his Tokyo home. Credit Jeremie Souteyrat for The New York Times

Having passed at the young age of 27 from a heroin overdose, Basquiat's body of works carry a brief creative span, from 1980 to 1987. The collection is small and the elite group of collector's in possession of one is smaller; most pieces are privately held and tucked away from public view, but this is not the plan for those owned by Japanese billionaire and renegade art collector Yusaku Maezawa.

Mr. Maezawa's purchase comes as no surprise. Having won the Basquiat masterpiece in a bidding war against casino magnate Frank J. Fertitta III at Sotheby's online auction, Yusaku had already purchased the 2nd priciest Basquait masterpiece last year for $57.3 million.

Sources who've interviewed and photographed the tycoon from the living room of his rented apartment in Japan where he bid on the piece from his laptop, say that the unconventional collector does admit that the price tag came as a surprise. Interesting as the vision of the casual billionaire's streaming online purchase may be, we couldn't help but take note of an additional and simply perfect design element in his personal collection - the bright red Jean Royère "Ours Polaire" armchair that he sits upon.

To state the common links between Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) and Jean Royère (1902-1981), one can start with the obvious - their shared first name. The American painter undoubtedly inherited his French first and surnames from the historical links between France and the US in the American south from areas like Louisiana, where many African American's of an origin of the mix of these cultures trace their lineage. As for Royère, of course, he was a French decorator and designer whom lacked a professional training in his trade, which he began after leaving a stable position in the import/export business. Royère was a natural - a savant of design - which leads us to the second thing these two masters have in common - pure, natural and untrained talent.

Basquiat was pure youth and raw talent personified. The recognition of the young artist's talent, with its early impressions spray painted upon walls in Brooklyn and Manhattan, immediately won the friendship, admiration and opportunities for collaboration with the likes of Keith Herring and Andy Warhol.

This monumental self-portrait by Jean-Michael Basquiat set a world auction record for the artist at $57.3 million at a Christie's contemporary art sale on May 10, 2016. Basquiat's self-portrait, "Untitled, 1982," portrays the young artist as a fiery, demonic figure. The canvas, which features splashes of explosive colors, has appeared in every major Basquiat retrospective. - . (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Royère too found early and easy recognition of success with the celebrity set in France of his time: French celebrities such as René Chavance said about Royère: ‘The inventive powers of a creative artist are revealed in the clarity with which they interpret a single theme. Jean Royère was undoubtedly one of the masters of this.’

Now onward to the the value of their works. In June 2011, Lacoste sold an Ours Polaire sofa, chair and pouf for 800,000 euros (nearly $1 million USD at the time): that is no small sum for a suite of furniture. It may be a long way from $110.5 million, but it is a top value in its class.

Finally, we arrive at one single way to describe the artistic achievements of both artists: two men, living and working in a different country, during a different time, in a difference culture, under the same first name and with the same outstanding reception to their naturally gifted talents. Iconic.

French graphic artist Daniel Guillotin makes his debut foray into the world of furniture design under the pseudo brand name Altesachair. Introducing the brand's first offering: the Limited Edition Wenge chair.

Artisan made in Normandy, France - these elegantly stylised Wenge chairs are constructed with alternating wood planks, which create a sophisticated interlocking of wood grains, resulting in both subtle and strong lines that render the design an instant thing of beauty.

Model no° 1 entitled Wenge, features a dark solid wood with an inserted single line of color plexi which streams down the center of both the back and the sides of the chair. Model no°2, Oak & Sipo, comes in combination of the two woods, resulting in planks of two alternating color tones which provide a uniform stripped effect to the design.